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UK records hottest day of year at 38.1°C, fifth heatwave
Britain recorded its hottest day of the year on Thursday, with the mercury touching 38.1 degrees Celsius in west London, the Met Office said. It was the country's fifth heatwave of the…
The Story in Brief
Britain recorded its hottest day of the year on Thursday, with the mercury touching 38.1 degrees Celsius in west London, the Met Office said. It was the country's fifth heatwave of the summer. France is facing even higher temperatures, with forecasts of 40°C in central and southern areas.
Drought conditions are spreading across western Europe, shrinking crops and draining rivers. Southern Water has applied for a rare drought order to ban nonessential water use. More than 1,000 wildfires have been recorded in England and Wales this year, matching last year's record. Hospitals report nurses collapsing from heat exhaustion, the Royal College of Nursing said.
The Indian Opinion
The narrative that Europe is caught off-guard by heatwaves is lazy. Britain and France have experienced five heatwaves this summer, that is not a surprise, it is a pattern. Yet the Royal College of Nursing says nurses are collapsing in hospitals without cooling. The real story is not the weather but the failure to adapt. The test is simple: will Southern Water's drought order become permanent, and will France's firefighters get the resources they demand before next summer?
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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